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speciously — adv. in a specious manner, superficially true or good; in a deceptively attractive manner … English contemporary dictionary
meretricious — I adjective artificial, bedizened, brummagem, cheap, counterfeit, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, fake, false, fraudulent, garish, gaudy, imitation, misleading, mock, ornate, sham, showy, speciously attractive, spurious, tawdry, theatrical,… … Law dictionary
specious — [ spi:ʃəs] adjective superficially plausible, but actually wrong. ↘misleadingly attractive in appearance. Derivatives speciously adverb speciousness noun Origin ME (in the sense beautiful ): from L. speciosus fair, plausible, specious , from… … English new terms dictionary
specious — adj. 1 superficially plausible but actually wrong (a specious argument). 2 misleadingly attractive in appearance. Derivatives: speciosity n. speciously adv. speciousness n. Etymology: ME, = beautiful, f. L speciosus (as SPECIES) … Useful english dictionary
